Wet, wet, wet

Well, we've been at Chamonix for nearly a week, and only managed to ski 2 days due to seriously wet weather. (Yes, I admit it, I'm becoming a bit of a fair-weather skier. But come on, we have all year, and I'm still recovering from knee surgery! And as you northwesterners know, skiing in the rain really sucks.)

However, when the weather is good here, it's spectacular! (as you can see in the photo where I'm getting ready to ski down les Grand Montets.) Of course, everyone comes out of the woodwork when there is a break in the rain, creating the worst liftlines we've ever seen. We waited nearly 45 minutes to load the base access chair from Argentiere -- an adventure in itself which involved putting our skis on indoors, then waddling across carpet (in a crowd, of course!) to get on the chairlift. Then we waited an hour and fifteen minutes for the Grand Montets tram when it finally opened...

We're heading back to Savoie now, hopefully it will be drier in les Trois Vallees.

Happy birthday Berdie!